Graham firefighter stabbed outside Burlington bar

A Graham man was arrested last month after allegedly stabbing a Graham firefighter outside a bar in Burlington.

Jeremy Puckett, 37, of Ivey Road in Graham was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and placed in the Alamance County jail under a $20,000 bond.

According to the Burlington Police Department, officers responded at 1:04 a.m. Jan. 19 to The Twisted T, 923 Kirkpatrick Road, where they located 40-year-old Christopher Foust, of Graham, who was suffering from a stab wound to his right shoulder.

Foust is a captain for the Graham Fire Department, according to the departmentís website.

Police say a verbal altercation began inside the business after a patron made comments to someone who was in a group with Foust. Foust and his group attempted to leave, though Foust told police when they got outside, Puckett approached him with an open pocket knife and stabbed him in the right shoulder.

Foust was taken to Alamance Regional Medical Center, and was treated and released.

Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to contact the Burlington Police Department at 336-229-3500, CrimeStoppers at 336-229-7100 or the Connecting Burlington Communities tip line at 336-222-5024.